. >>> the nba's new orleans hornets making headlines, not for tonight's game against the lakers, but because of a possible name change. that team is expected to change the names to the pelicans as early as the 2013/2014 season. so why pelicans? louisiana, you may or may not know is the pelican state. the brown pelican is the state bird and appears on the state flag and on the seal. the hornets moved to new orleans from charlotte in 2002. charlotte bobcats owner michael jordan told the charlotte observer, he would consider reclaiming the name if it was available again. >> the teams move and they keep the state name and then they end up -- >> something related to -- >> when we come back, some breaking economic numbers. we are just a few minutes away from productivity numbers for the third quarter. right now as we head to a break, take a look at u.s. equity futures still indicated higher, up about 36 points for those futures. >>> welcome back to squawk "squawk box," everybody. rick santelli is standing by at the cme in chicago, steve liesman is right here in studio with us. and rick, go